LME falling into Chinese hands
In another milestone of Britain’s century-long fading as a global power, the 135-year-old, privately held London Metal Exchange — the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market — looks set to be sold off to interests…
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Commentary: Mining execs short-term gloomy, long-term optimistic: MRG survey
The following are findings from the Mining Recruitment Group’s (MRG) latest annual Executive Survey, which was distributed during the first week of June and completed by 140 mining leaders.This has been a year of tremendous volatility for…
Obituary: Kinbauri founder Christopher Gleeson
After a 60-year career as distinguished scientist, explorer, pioneer and innovator, Christopher Gleeson has died of cancer.Born in Ottawa in August 1931 to Irish immigrants, Gleeson earned his B.Sc. from Loyola College in Montreal in 1953. He…
Atacama drills deep into Chile
Carl Hansen is a big fan of the Maricunga mineral belt in Chile’s Atacama region, high in the Andes.The president and CEO of Atacama Pacific (ATM-V) is advancing the company’s wholly owned Cerro Maricunga gold project, which is just…
Short position reports
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at June 15/12 (with changes from May…
Letter to the Editor: Management quality not what it used to be
The commentary by Jay Collins you published (“Cost overruns on capital development — a growing concern,” T.N.M., June 11–17/12) strikes me as both timely and appropriate.Our industry has gone through many changes in the…
TSX venture exchange
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 41.91 points after four days of losses outweighed one day of gains, ending at 1,251.02. Volume was also down for most of the period, but a spike at the end of the week left the average volume…
People
Animas Resources — Gregory McKelvey resigned as a director; Donald Ranta will not stand for re-election as a director; John R. Wilson and David Beling nominated for election as directors.Argex Mining — Normand Bergeron appointed a…
Harry Winston sees Q1 profits, revenues rise
Harry Winston Diamond’s (HW-T, HWD-N) first-quarter earnings of fiscal 2013 tripled to US$11.6 million on higher rough diamond sales and stronger retail performance, but missed analysts’ expectations. For the quarter ended April 30,…
US Markets
U.S. factory output contracted in May for the second time in three months and consumer prices fell 0.3%, but news late in the week that major central banks were prepared to take collective action to provide liquidity and prevent a credit…
Quaterra completes MacArthur PEA
Quaterra Resources (QTA-V, QMM-X) has taken a step closer to near-term production at its MacArthur project, a fully stripped porphyry copper-oxide property in western Nevada’s historic Yerington copper district.A preliminary economic…
Patience required for Joanna gold mine development, Aurizon says
Cashed-up gold producer Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) has taken a step back from the development threshold on its Joanna gold property 20 km east of Rouyn-Noranda, Que. The company made the decision following a lukewarm feasibility study on a…